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Street food owners: “Don’t use paint brushes in food preparation”

Barbecue is a popular grilled street food that many people buy as a quick snack or take-home meal. Toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics raised concern over the continued use of paint brushes for basting barbecue sauce despite health and safety…

Warning Out on Fish-Shaped Electronic Toys for Pets

17 May 2023, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition is warning consumers against a China-made fish-shaped toy intended for pet cats and dogs that contains a persistent organic pollutant (POP) and other chemicals of concern. The group issued…

Is nursing a noble profession?

The 12th of May is internationally commemorated as Nursing Day, due to the birth of the so-called mother of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. It is worth mentioning that many of these professionals do not always coincide with the date and…

Labor and Environmental Groups Demand Listing of Chrysotile Asbestos in Rotterdam Convention

TUCP-EcoWaste Coalition Joint Press Release   4 May 2023, Quezon City.  As the 2023 meetings of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions get underway in Geneva, Switzerland, Filipino groups championing labor and chemical…

Envi group urges PH gov’t to ratify Basel Ban Amendment amid Conference of Parties meetings

This week marks the start of the Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties (COP) to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (BRS). The event takes place in Geneva, Switzerland, from May 1 to 12, 2023, with various stakeholders convening…

BAN Toxics urges LGUs to Confiscate Banned 88 Total White Underarm Cream

BAN Toxics raises the alarm over the proliferation of 88 Total White Underarm Cream imported from Thailand despite the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-issued ban due to the presence of highly toxic mercury. The group made the call after a…

EcoWaste Coalition Bares Unlawful Sale of Mercury-Contaminated Cosmetics in Caloocan City

30 April 2023, Quezon City.  Skin-lightening products banned by the health authorities for containing mercury and/or for lacking market authorization are openly sold in Caloocan City in clear defiance of national and global product safety laws and regulations. “The continuing…

Oh love, love… that carpet underneath which…

From the Humanist Health News Network REHUNO Health we are launching a place of exchange where we find a new look on daily life based on an experiential and existential psychology (the Psychology of New Humanism), and which gives some…

BAN Toxics celebrates Earth Day, calls to invest in responsible production and consumption

“As the increasing use of chemicals becomes indispensable, so do the risks associated with human health and the environment. The shift from highly industrialized to developing countries of chemicals production, use, and disposal is concerning while Asia also produces half…

EcoWaste Coalition Urges Manila’s Shopping Malls to Go Mercury-Free

18 April 2023, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition urged shopping malls in the City of Manila to take immediate action to stop the sale of mercury-containing skin-lightening products in their business premises. In letters sent to the…

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